Ramana Epparla leads WSOP-C Chester Main Event final table

Tuesday, 10 May 2011

After two days the World Series of Poker Circuit event at Harrah’s Chester has reached a final table with Ramana Epparla leading the chip counts by a long shot – his 1.95m stack at 8,000/16,000 gives him three times the stack of second place Ed Cotter and over a third of the chips on the table.

He skyrocketed up the chip counts with a huge pot against Michael DePasquale who had 3-bet from the blinds and got a call from Epparla. The J-9-8 flop was a scary one and Epparla’s shove must have given DePasquale pause for thought with his two kings. Nevertheless, he called and was delighted to be up against 6-5o.

Not so thrilling was the seven on the river that completed Epparla’s straight draw and shot Epparla to over a million in chips. He is still the only player to have crossed the seven-figure milestone.

The first prize is $94,901 with each player at the final taking home at least $8,685. The chip counts shape up as follows and also prove our theory that Nguyen is the “Nguyenningest” name in poker:

This year’s edition of the unusual Groundhog Day holiday will take place in the United States this Friday and Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are set to join in the fun with by running a commemorative poker tournament with $500 in the pot.

This Friday will see Australians from Perth to Brisbane marking the 230th anniversary of their nation’s official establishment and Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes will be getting in on the celebrations by offering a one-off online poker tournament featuring a $500 prize pool.